English Teaching Resources

Discover schemes of work, lesson plans, classroom worksheets and interactive activities to develop skills in English for Key Stage Two covering reading, writing transcription, writing composition, spoken language and vocabulary, grammar and punctuation

  • Suffix Combinations

    Suffix Combinations

    Identify and record how to build a range of special words by using different combinations of roots and suffixes

  • World Countries

    World Countries

    Research and add facts and information to sentences using brackets about some of the different countries that can be found around the world

  • Sports Poems

    Sports Poems

    Explain and model how to compose and present poems using special line structures and rhyming patterns to illustrate actions and themes connected to different sports

  • Bonfire Party

    Bonfire Party

    Select and use formal and informal language to compose invitations, letters and speeches for a family and town party on Bonfire Night

  • Letter Strings Words Sums

    Letter Strings Words Sums

    Learn the meanings and practise spelling words with common letter strings to work with when composing example sentences on different topics and themes

  • Conflict Poetry

    Conflict Poetry

    Explore how different poets use figurative language in poetry to illustrate and compare themes and ideas about conflict to other objects and emotions

  • Four Seasons

    Four Seasons

    Explain and model how to select and manipulate descriptive vocabulary to use when composing different types of poems about each season of the year

  • Weather Changes

    Weather Changes

    Practise composing and presenting different types of poems to illustrate how the weather can make changes to the world

  • Spooky Night

    Spooky Night

    Select and use descriptive language in poetry to describe spooky sights and shadows that might be seen in a bedroom at night during Halloween

  • Adventure Plays

    Adventure Plays

    practise composing and performing play scripts using the correct structure and format to illustrate adventures to different locations

  • Shakespeare Plays

    Shakespeare Plays

    Investigate the structure and format of different scenes extracted from plays by William Shakespeare to use for drama performances

  • Greek Myths

    Greek Myths

    Practise composing narrative stories to illustrate the structure and format of myths based on culture and traditions from Ancient Greece

  • New Start

    New Start

    Explore how to prepare for and deal with some of the new events and special occasions that someone might experience in life

  • Viking Settlement

    Viking Settlement

    Explore how the Vikings settled and built communities in Britain in the past by referencing their culture and traditions

  • Changing Seasons

    Changing Seasons

    Investigate changes that can happen to the natural world during the four seasons of the year and reflect on similar changes that can occur in people’s lives

  • Chinese Dragons

    Chinese Dragons

    Select and combine different mouldable and other materials to create masks representing dragons that can be worn during a performance dance